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23|05|2016

Helena Hauff

Portuguese festival announces the programme for this year's edition

The Portuguese electronic music festival Forte has announced the acts confirmed for its 2016 edition. Special performances include a new audio visual project by Cabaret Voltaire, and a live modular performance from Trade - the duo consisting of Blawan and Surgeon. Other confirmed acts are Ancient Methods, Apart, David Rodrigues, Drumcell, Kobosil, Manu, Rrose, Rui Vargas, Shcuro, Vil and Vril, Apparat, Ben Klock, Helena Hauff, Marcel Dettmann, Michael Mayer and Rødhåd.

The festival runs from 25–27 August at the Portuguese castle Montemor-o-Velho in the district of Coimbra. Camping is available but due to the limited capacity inside the castle walls tickets are restricted to 5000 per day.